LandmarkInformation

The Historic Pueblo, Inc. motto is "Preserving Pueblo's Places." One of the best ways to do this is to encourage property owners to landmark their homes, businesses, and other valuable places within the community. This page will hopefully answer many of the questions and concerns regarding obtaining a Landmark Designation. After reviewing this section, should you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Historic Pueblo, Inc.

Obtaining a Landmark Designation takes a little bit more effort than obtaining a Resource Plaque, but is well worth it if your house qualifies. There are three levels of Landmark designations; Local, State, or National. A Local designation is the easiest of the three to obtain.

Information on obtaining a State or National designation can be obtained by clicking on the below links:

In order to qualify for a local landmark designation, your property will need to meet two of three basic criteria:

Historic significance. Someone who owned or lived in the home must have had local or national significance. This can be as simple as someone who owned their business, a person who moved up the corporate ladder, or held some level of elected status.

Architectural significance. Needs to have historical characteristics to the home that are either unique or symbolic to the type of architecture.

Geographic significance. The property must have some historical significance related to a geographic feature.

Most properties will fall under categories 1 and 2 above. To find out how to obtain the necessary information on the historic significance of your property, visit our How to Research Your Home page.

Here is an example of a completed Landmark Designation Application . This Application is much more detailed than was necessary, but it is a good example of how comprehensive an application could be.

Landmark Designation Forms and Information

All of the information you will need in order to apply for a Landmark Designation can be obtained from the Pueblo's Historic Preservation Commission website. However, we have provided some of the necessary information and documents here on our website.

Preservation Briefs. Preservation Briefs help historic building owners recognize and resolve common problems prior to work.

Owners of a Landmark designated property are required to use exterior paint colors from a documented historic paint palette. All property owners (designated or not) are encouraged to paint their historic structures using a paint color from a historic paint palette. Below are samples for such colors and their sources.